Will you abandon me at one hundred and twenty-eight?

  "Moyu, Xueying is injured..." She only managed to choke out this one sentence, her mind a jumbled mess as she had no idea what else to say.

  He held her trembling body in his arms, and with a frown, he glanced at the person who was unconscious on the bed.

  "I've already sent someone to invite the imperial physician. The imperial physician will arrive soon. Don't worry for now." He patted her back and softly comforted her.

  Sitting on the edge of the bed, her head only reached his waist, she hugged his waist, and Bai Xinzhen buried her head in his waist, with tears all over her face soaking into his body.

  She was too careless and didn't take those people and things seriously. She should have known that the woman wouldn't come back so easily...

  Yin Du burst in from outside, bypassing the two people and rushing straight to the bedside. He looked at the woman lying motionless on the bed, her pale face, dark purple lips, and his heart suddenly tightened, almost suffocating him.

  "Blood Shadow?!" Buried at the edge of the bed, Yin Du couldn't help but cry out.

  When she heard his voice, Bai Xinzhen's heart was filled with guilt and shame, and she didn't even dare to lift her head. No one knew how timid and afraid she was at this moment. She had always thought that she wasn't a person who understood emotions well, especially familial and friendly relationships, which were things she had lacked since birth. Even when seeing the misfortunes of the Bai family, she could laugh it off. But in front of Xueying's blood shadow, she suddenly felt many emotions, and in front of this cold and icy person, she unexpectedly found a sense of familial and friendly relationships.

  Looking at Xue Ying's appearance, she felt like a sinner, and all of this was her fault.

  If she weren't a member of the Bai family, she wouldn't have encountered so many ruthless and heartless people. If she weren't a member of the Bai family, Xue Ying wouldn't have risked his life for her time and again. If she weren't a member of the Bai family, she wouldn't be envied by so many, and at this moment, Xue Ying wouldn't be lying here without a hint of life...

  Yes, all along, she had been too light on these petty people. Always thought that as long as the well water didn't offend the river water, they could coexist peacefully, always thought that if she let others off, others would be grateful to her, always thought that more or less others would see the face of kinship and keep a good intention in their hearts... So from start to finish, she had never truly hated anyone.

  It turned out that it was all her fault, she thought too little of herself and others.

  Just as Bai Xin was filled with regret and remorse for his inaction, he suddenly heard Yin Du's shocking and panicked voice.

  "Your Highness, Your Majesty, what kind of poison is in the Blood Shadow that causes wounds to turn purple?"

  As soon as his trembling voice sounded, Bai Xincheng was also extremely surprised, and even tears came too late to wipe away before turning back to look.

  No, the lower part of the pelvis on the left side of Xue Ying's waist was pierced by a sharp blade-like object. At this moment, Yin Du tore a slit in the fabric at that place, and the wound was clearly visible to the eye. The injured area was a deep purple color, and it seemed to be spreading, making people feel extremely nervous and frightened.

  "How could this be?" Bai Xinzhen thought she was seeing things and hastily rubbed her eyes.

  She had also come into contact with many toxic substances at work, but had never seen such a poisoning phenomenon.

  Purple!

  Not the usual dark purple color, but a pure purple color, not that deep purple, but the kind of color like purple pencil lead.

  Undoubtedly, this is another kind of rare and strange poison!

  Yin Du pulled open the fabric, revealing only a small part of his wound. Yan Mo turned to look at him instinctively because of his voice, and when he saw that the bloodstain was in an awkward place, he immediately looked away.

  Just after he averted his gaze, his tall figure stiffened slightly, and his tightly closed black eyes suddenly snapped open, with a flash of shock quickly crossing his pupils.

  There was once a scene that suddenly jumped into his mind.

  Someone once gave him a pill and smiled proudly at him: "I spent two years refining this poison that no one in the world can solve. Although its toxicity is not as good as 'Hongying', I believe that except for me, there is no one in this world who can solve it."

  He looked at the small purple pill in his hand with indifference.

  Someone saw his face showing disdain, very dissatisfied: "You can't underestimate the antidote in your hand, nor can you underestimate this poisonous medicine I've refined. Refining poison is easy, but making an antidote is not. There's only one chance to make an antidote in the whole world."

  He accepted it at the time just to avoid disappointing him. He knew that the other party was kind-hearted, because the other party said that there is only one such thing in the world, so he kept it in a jade box for preservation.

  "Yin Du, quickly return to the Cheng Wang Fu and bring back the wooden box that has been locked by the king!" Yan Mo Yu immediately commanded in a low voice after regaining his composure.

  "What's wrong?" Bai Xin asked, turning her head back to look at him with some confusion.

  Yin Du is no exception.

  "This king has an antidote, why don't you hurry up and go!" He patted Bai Xinduan's back with one hand, but his deep eyes stared at Yin Du.

  Upon hearing this, Yin Du's heart was filled with joy, and even his eyes reddened inexplicably.

  "Sir, I'll be right back!" A hasty response, Yin Du quickly disappeared into the bedroom in the side hall.

  "What poison is this? How did you get the antidote?" Bai Xinyan's heart was hanging in her throat, it was clear that she didn't believe what she had just heard.

  Yan Mo pulled down the bed curtain and blocked his line of sight with Bai Xinyan, then held her hand and walked to the table edge to sit down.

  "He guessed that Sheng Yi was using this method to ask for help from him." He knew he had the antidote, so he dared to use such a poison.

  Bai Xin furrowed his brow: "The Saint Doctor is really in their hands!" It wasn't doubt or suspicion, but certainty. Without the Saint Doctor, that couple wouldn't have dared to appear so openly. But... "Mo Yu, why do you think the Saint Doctor wants to help them?"

  His eyebrows were tightly knitted, and his eyes revealed a deep black aura: "I think he must have been grasped by someone's weakness, so he was exploited."

  "What weakness? What weakness does the Holy Doctor have?" Bai Xindye couldn't understand. Family? Weren't they saying that the Holy Doctor was ostracized by his family and even forced to flee for his life, almost losing it? Could those ruthless and heartless family members still be his weakness? Isn't this a bit too much like Saint Mary?

  Sheng Yi said he was returning home to visit his mother, but his mother should be living in the palace, right? How could Bai Xinbi and others possibly capture his mother?

  Yan Mo let out a deep sigh. "This is also one of the things that I have thought about for my husband but couldn't figure out."

  His martial arts skills are no less than his, what kind of thing can make him be controlled by others?

  The people he sent to Xi Yun country had already brought back the news, and the Holy Doctor's mother had passed away on the day he rushed back.

  It is said that he left Xi Yun State after his mother was buried.

  But disappeared inexplicably halfway through.

  What happened in between?

  "Ran'er, what was the scene like at the place you all went to? Tell me about it." He suppressed his heavy thoughts and looked at Bai Xinzhu with a serious gaze.

  Bai Xin nodded and recounted in detail everything she and Xue Ying had seen today.

  She took a heart-piercing glance at the large bed shrouded by the bed curtains, sniffled, and looked up at Mo Yu with a pained expression: "Mo Yu, I must personally take revenge for Blood Shadow! I don't care who she is or what she is, I will kill her with my own hands. If I show even half a bit of softness, it would be a waste that I'm alive!"

  She gave them the opportunity, it was their own fault for not cherishing it. She had thought of making things right for them, letting each other live in peace. Since they didn't know how to appreciate it, then don't blame her for turning her back on them completely and being ruthless!

  Not to mention having a way out, even if it's a dragon's lair or a tiger's den, she would still dig these people out.

  Since they like living underground, then let's fulfill their wish. For such vicious and cruel things, dig out their heart and lungs, find a deep pit to bury them and let them sleep underground for the rest of their lives!

  Yan Mo nodded and said after a moment of contemplation: "This matter can only be acted upon privately, it's not possible to disturb the Emperor. But remember clearly?"

  Bai Xin understood what he meant without him saying a word.

  Nowadays, Fude Wang 'died and resurrected', and also appeared in a miserable manner with whole body paralysis. The emperor would certainly feel distressed for him, and wouldn't easily believe that such Fude Wang still had the ability to harm people.

  Can't help but say that Fude Wang's trick of using a bitter stratagem is quite good. In front of the emperor, it's simply flawless.

  Even if they expose Fu De Wang now, probably no one will believe them. On the contrary, people will say that they are too excessive, do not cherish kinship, and want to put their brother to death. After all, Fu De Wang's situation has been diagnosed by the imperial physician, and the emperor must believe in the imperial physician.

  So this time, even if they want to take action, they must come up with a foolproof plan, otherwise, they won't be able to move Fu De Wang and that damn woman, but instead will harm themselves!

  Moreover, they cannot reveal their thoughts, or else they might be caught by the Fude King and others, and who knows when they will be bitten.

  Bai Xincheng had just understood this when a palace maid came to report from outside the door that the imperial physician had arrived. The couple exchanged a glance, and Bai Xincheng asked Mo Yu seriously, "Mo Yu, are you certain that the antidote you possess can save Xue Ying?"

  Yan Mo nodded with a faint smile on his thin lips. Feng Yi would often joke around with him, but he would never make jokes about life and death.

  At this point, Bai Xing clenched his teeth and made a major decision.

  She got up and walked out of the bedroom, instructing the palace staff to tell the imperial physician that it was a false alarm and his assistance was no longer needed.

  Since it's a poisonous medicine made by Sheng Yi, even if we invite the imperial physician to come and take a look, there's nothing they can do about it. On the contrary, it will only alarm others.

  She believes Mo Yu won't deceive her!

  Before Yin Du returned, she ordered the palace maid to prepare white wine, scissors, needles and threads, white cloth, warm water and everything that might be needed for a while.

  From the palace to Cheng Wang Fu, even by carriage, it would take almost half an hour. Bai Xindian didn't know how Yin Du did it, but in two quarters of an hour, Yin Du returned with a tense face.

  Yan Mo was driven out of the room by Bai Xinzhi and temporarily became a doorman outside, only then did Bai Xinzhi pull Yin Du to prepare for surgery on Blood Shadow.

  Although she is not a surgeon, because of her previous profession, she has done quite a few dissections and sutures on corpses, and she believes that she will not hurt Blood Shadow's muscles and bones.

  "Princess, are you sure this will work?" Looking at her putting the small knife used by Blood Shadow over the candle flame to heat it up, Yin Du furrowed his thick eyebrows, both worried and hesitant. What she was going to do was cut Blood Shadow's flesh!

  Looking at the woman on the bed, he would rather switch places with her, wishing that he was the one lying in bed instead, and not wanting her to have even a slight mishap.

  Bai Xin didn't have time to explain much, focusing on detoxifying the sharp little knife in her hand. Without turning her head, she said: "Your father was once injured in Mao Shan village, and I did the same thing. Does he look like he's in trouble now?"

  Hearing this, Yin Du finally let out a slight breath of relief.

  Once everything was ready, she had Yin Du use scissors to cut open the clothes around the wound on Xue Sha's body, revealing her injured area.

  She took a deep breath, narrowed her eyes, concentrated her energy and began to fall the knife with solemn seriousness.

  The wound on Xue Ying's body was not serious, and after removing the poisonous dagger, it was just a small hole spewing purple blood. What she had to do now was to scrape off the overly darkened skin to prevent any remaining poison from staying in her body.

  The antidote was given to Xue Ying by Yin Du when he came back, now she only needs to help Xue Ying clean his wounds.

  She had cut countless corpses, but never thought that one day she would use a knife on the people closest to her. One was Mo Yu, and the other was Xue Ying; to her, they were both the people closest to her heart.

  At this moment, she couldn't describe her emotions herself. Her nose was constantly sour, but she forced herself to swallow back her tears. She had never done anything for Xue Ying before, so she must be serious and careful...

  On the side, Yin Du stared unblinkingly at the small knife in Bai Xincheng's hand, fearing that Bai Xincheng would make an unexpected move. Every time the small knife picked up a piece of rotten flesh, he felt as if it was digging into his heart.

  The purple medicinal pill brought from the Imperial Palace was indeed an antidote, and after Xue Ying took it, the toxic gas seemed to have stopped spreading. The purplish discoloration on her skin gradually faded away, turning into rotting flesh, which is why Bai Xincai had to endure the pain of cutting into her body.

  Afraid that Blood Shadow would wake up midway and affect the surgery, before making the incision, Bai Xincheng had Yin Du seal off all of her meridians, even hitting her sleep acupoint. Although she knew it would be very painful afterwards, at least during the surgery, Blood Shadow could endure a bit less suffering.

  Yin Du kept handing over clean white cloths to Bai Xincheng, looking at the filthy blood flowing out of his woman's body, he couldn't help but avert his eyes several times, the more he looked, the more heart-wrenching it was.

  Why can't he bear these wounds for her?!

  Everything went smoothly, and after applying some good medicine for external injuries to the wound of the Blood Shadow and bandaging it with white cloth, Bai Xincheng looked at the man who was still lying motionless on the bed, but didn't make a sound. Silently cleaning up the room, he personally took out the used dirty water and the stained white cloth to dispose of them.

  She returned to the house, saw Yin Du still maintaining a posture lying on the bed, she walked over and patted Yin Du's shoulder, saying in a low voice: "Let her sleep for a while longer."

  Sleeping for a while can reduce some of the pain.

  Yin Du stiffly nodded.

  "Sorry, I was careless this time, so..."

  "Your Highness." Before Bai Xincheng could finish speaking, Yin Du interrupted her. Turning back, he looked at Bai Xincheng with a serious and solemn expression, "Your Highness doesn't need to blame yourself, you and Master have shown me and Blood Shadow great kindness, even if it means going through treacherous mountains and seas of fire, we would gladly die for you."

  Bai Xin's eyes reddened as she bit her lip, suddenly unsure of what to say. With a choked warning for Yin Du to take good care of Xue Ying, she walked out with tears streaming down her face.

  That woman, she absolutely wants to make her look good!

  "But is it handled?" Outside the door, Yan Mo's tall figure had been standing there all along, and when he saw her come out, he asked in a low voice.

  "Hmm." Bai Xincheng nodded slightly and responded with a stifled sob.

  She pulled out a silk handkerchief from her waist and handed it to Mo, who gently wiped away the tears that had smudged her face. "Don't cry, as long as nothing happens to you, everything will be fine."

  He knew her past and also knew she cherished everyone around her now.

  "Moyu, let's go back, we'll leave this place to Yin Du." She believed that Yin Du would take good care of Xue Ying.

  Taking his hand proactively, she led him towards the main hall where they lived.

  Liu Xuelan didn't know about Blood Shadow's injury until nightfall.

  During the day, Bai Xiner told her that she wanted to go out of the palace for a trip. Liu Xuelan originally wanted to follow her, but a certain man was worried that she would cause trouble outside the palace, and forcibly pulled her back and locked her up for a day.

  When the sky darkened, she took advantage of a certain man's temporary departure and sneaked into Changping Hall. As soon as she arrived, she found that Bai Xinzhu's complexion was somewhat off, and even the atmosphere in Changping Hall was somewhat off.

  Only then did I find out that something had happened to Xue Ying, and I was so angry that I almost burst with rage.

  "Xin Ran, how could you guys go out without bringing me along? Look at the situation now, it's all because I wasn't there. If I were there, I would have definitely broken that woman's neck first!"

  At the time of saying goodbye, Bai Xincheng disguised Bai Xinbi as Duan Xue and told everything. She was willing to tell all the things she knew about the matter, including the affairs of Sheng Yi. These things were definitely not to be said casually for others, but for Liu Xuelan, it was necessary to say them.

  Firstly, Fude Wang's return this time is not with good intentions. The target of his malice is not just the couple, but the conflict between Fude Wang and Fengde Wang is even more profound and inexplicable. Isn't it because of Fengde Wang that Fude Wang lost his position as crown prince? However, to let the couple take the initiative to talk to Fengde Wang, according to his temperament, he would definitely not bother to care. Xueying has already suffered a great loss, and for the sake of Liu Xuelan, she naturally does not want Fengde Wang's arrogance and complacency to lead to any accidents.

  So this matter still has to be discussed with Liu Xuelan, after all, only she can make Wang Fude listen.

  Secondly, telling the truth can also serve as a warning to impulsive Liu Xue Lan, so she won't blindly rush into someone else's territory like that day again. The injury to Blood Shadow was already a deep lesson for her, and she doesn't want Liu Xue Lan to get hurt due to impulsiveness.

  "Infuriating! Why didn't you tell me these things earlier?" Liu Xue Lian paced back and forth after hearing the story, "If I had known that woman named Duan Xue was problematic, I would have taken her dog life with one slap when we met her at the palace gate that day! It's really too infuriating!"

  "How can you have such a vicious and poisonous sister? Even after 'death', she's still not at peace, thinking of coming back for revenge. You're twins born from the same mother, how can she be like an animal without any regard for familial bonds?"

  "If I had a sister like that, I would have considered her a disaster long ago, keeping her is simply a calamity!"

  "Does he know she's still alive?"

  "He knows what's going on? If he knew, things would be even more complicated." It might even come to the point where they would have to beg for mercy from Bai Xinbi. As for that so-called father of hers, she had long since lost all regard for him, her indifference towards him having turned icy cold.

  Seeing Liu Xue Lan's indignation, she reminded her with a serious face: "This matter is not allowed to be known by anyone outside of Feng De Wang, do you understand?"

  Liu Xuelan's face was unsatisfied: "Why?"

  Bai Xin let out a deep sigh and said solemnly, "The current Bai Xin Bi has not yet revealed his true face. Even if he reveals his true self, in the eyes of outsiders, they are just weaklings. Weaklings easily evoke sympathy from others, and when the time comes, those who do not understand the truth will definitely stand on their side. Moreover, since the Emperor has forgiven Fu De Wang's past actions, if we push them too hard, it is easy for them to counterattack. With the Emperor's protection, it may be even more difficult to uncover their true intentions."

  Now the Suzaku Palace is under the protection of the Emperor, this is to remind them not to push too hard, if they push too hard, it will only make them unscrupulously seek refuge everywhere.

  After hearing Bai Xincheng's reminder, Liu Xuelan thought carefully and also felt that it was reasonable.

  "But our hearts are stained, we can't just do nothing and let those two things keep flashing before our eyes?" That damned woman, she wants to get rid of her as soon as possible!

  Hai De was injured by Blood Shadow, damn it, how could her life be without a gambler like Blood Shadow?

  She was still thinking about surpassing Blood Shadow's gambling skills...

  Bai Xinzhen did not expect that Liu Xuelan would have such thoughts in her mind at this moment, if she had the ability to read minds, she would probably be unable to resist slapping her flying.

  She winked at Liu Xue Lan and beckoned her over.

  "Xue Lan, come here, I want to tell you..."

  ……

  The next day, Liu Xuelan went to visit Xia Gao and also took a look at that little rabbit in her own home.

  Several children have been by the side of this imperial grandfather, Xia Gao, since entering the palace. Perhaps due to being lonely for too long, having four imperial grandsons to accompany him at once, Xia Gao has thoughts of monopolizing the several imperial grandsons, not only never actively mentioning sending the children back to their parents, but also openly and secretly persuading the two couples to live in the palace permanently.

  The world is now at peace and prosperity. The life of the emperor is warm and fulfilling, for Xia Gao, these days are more satisfying than ever before.

  His son and daughter-in-law live in the palace, accompanied by lovely grandsons. His deceased son has come back to life, and everyone lives under his eyes. Such days are undoubtedly his most satisfying ones.

  He, as a grandfather, wants to keep the child by his side for the time being. As daughters-in-law, Bai Xintian and Liu Xuelan cannot refuse him, so they temporarily stay in the palace, allowing him to take care of the child. This way, whenever Bai Xintian and Liu Xuelan want to see their child, they have to go to Xia Gao's place.

  Usually, the two sons-in-law would appear together, but today only Liu Xue and Feng De came to pay their respects. Even Cheng Wang didn't come, and he even asked for leave from the morning court. Originally, he was going to let Dequan go to Changping Hall to see if anything had happened, but seeing Liu Xue, Xia Gao couldn't help but ask first:

  "Lan Er, why are there just the two of you today? Why didn't Cheng Wang and Ran Er come?"

  Liu Xuelan replied sympathetically, "Your Majesty, you may not know yet, but yesterday Xin Yan went out to play and fell ill as soon as she returned. The imperial physician was summoned for treatment, saying it's a heat stroke. I visited her at the Changping Palace when I came, and until now, Xin Yan is still bedridden."

  Upon hearing this, Xia Ga frowned and furrowed his dragon-like eyebrows: "Can such a thing really happen?"

  He thought of something and looked out at the door of the study, can get a hot summer disease in this season?

  Liu Xuelan nodded seriously upon hearing his counter-question. "If the Emperor does not believe me, he can summon Zhang Yang, the imperial physician, to ask him."

  Nowadays, Zhang Yang has become the exclusive imperial physician of Bai Xiner since she became pregnant, and his own several imperial grandsons were born safely, also thanks to Zhang Yang's credit. As for Zhang Yang, Xia Gao naturally trusted his medical skills.

  Xianyu Xuelan returned with a serious expression, and Xia Gao also dispelled the little doubt in his heart. He immediately instructed Dequan behind him: "Dequan, go to Changping Hall and see if the Crown Princess's condition has improved. Also, bring the medicinal herbs that were offered by the foreign country a few days ago to the Crown Princess. The Crown Princess has always been weak, so tell her on my behalf to take good care of herself and not worry about the children. I will take care of these children for her."

  His last words came out, and not only did Liu Xue Lan turn black, but even De Quan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

  Your Majesty, if you want to take over a few smaller kingdoms, just say so; why must it be done this way?

  He is 100% sure that the Emperor is trying to curry favor with the Empress in order to achieve his long-term goal of monopolizing several young masters...

  ……

  Suishui Palace

  The woman walked into the bedroom with a satisfied smile and immediately shared the news she had just heard with the man on the bed.

  "Your Highness, do you know? I just heard the news that Princess Cheng got sick with a heat stroke after leaving the palace yesterday. And I also heard that Prince Cheng didn't even attend the morning court today." The woman's eyebrows were raised, her face full of schadenfreude.

  The man who was originally lying in bed and diagnosed by the imperial physician as being unable to move for the rest of his life suddenly sat up, the scars on his face from the burns still striking, but because of the news brought by the woman, those narrow and long phoenix eyes became more vibrant and charming due to his complacency, three points more enchanting than the woman's eyes.

  "What's your take on this?" He raised an eyebrow, asking the woman by the bed in a low, husky voice that showed no signs of weakness from earlier.

  The woman's red lips curled up with a hint of satisfaction: "I had guessed yesterday that I might be followed, and fortunately I left a trick behind. As expected, someone really did follow me. The only thing is that the other party ran fast, otherwise they would have been doomed to go without return! Bai Xinzhi, that woman, also went out of the palace yesterday, saying she had contracted heatstroke. Even in the hottest summer in Shu State, it wouldn't be enough to bring someone down like this. That woman was obviously trying to cover something up and didn't want anyone to discover anything. She doesn't even bother to look at the weather! I'm guessing that the person who followed me yesterday must have been her, and she wasn't afflicted with heatstroke, but rather poisoned by the imperial physician."

  The woman's last words were very affirmative. In the palace, she had met that woman twice with Bai Xincheng, and both times she had given herself a hard time. That woman must have seen through her true identity, otherwise why would she deliberately make things difficult for her?

  Hmph, but even if you see through it, what's the point? Without a holy doctor, the skin on her face will never reveal any flaws!

  If that woman really got poisoned by Sheng Yi's poison, then she can only wait for death. Sheng Yi is in their hands, where can she go to find the antidote?

  To be honest, if she hadn't seen that woman rotting to death with her own eyes, she would have felt some regret.

  The man nodded in agreement and immediately furrowed his brow, asking: "But has the matter of taking care of my mother been properly arranged?"

  The woman gave a reassuring smile: "Don't worry, I've already made arrangements and won't let the grandmother and granddaughter suffer."

  The man nodded again in satisfaction, his gaze shifting away from the woman to somewhere else. Suddenly, his eyes became deep and profound, with a thick, dark color surging up from the depths of his pupils. His enchanting phoenix eyes instantly took on a somewhat ferocious appearance, making his scarred face look even more terrifying.

  This time he's back, he must be determined to kill everyone, to avenge all the hardships he has suffered over the past year!

  As she watched the sudden burst of murderous intent emanating from his body, the woman's collected smile suddenly reached out and covered the back of the man's hand on his knee.

  "Your Highness?"

  The man came back to his senses, gathered a few strands of his scattered energy and looked at her. "What's going on?"

  "If one day you get what you want, will you abandon Bi'er?" Looking at the man's ruined face, there was not a hint of disgust in the woman's eyes, only intense infatuation.

  She didn't know how she had made up her mind to take him away at first, but she never regretted what she did.

  This year, what she has done for him can be said to have exhausted her life's blood. For his sake, her hands were stained with fresh blood. Even if she was afraid, she never regretted it.

  She just hopes that her all-in gamble will pay off...

  The man's deep eyes flashed, and he suddenly raised his lips, turning his hand over to grasp her soft wrist.

  "Bixi has done her best for me and eliminated all obstacles. How can Xia Yunhao let you down?"

  That low and gentle voice was like a warm breeze that blew into the woman's heart, causing her eyes to instantly flush with a faint hint of shyness.

  She wrapped her hands around the man's neck and passionately pressed her red lips against his.

  Their lips touched, the man was slightly stunned, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly wrapped his arms around the woman's slender waist, pulling her onto the bed. In an instant, he pressed her under his body.

  ……

  Outside the imperial palace, in a quiet and dilapidated civilian house, two tall men wearing black clothes descended from the sky and landed steadily in the courtyard.

  "You can't even handle a place like this?" One of the men looked around and couldn't help but sneer, his narrow and cold black eyes, exposed outside the black cloth, full of disdain.

  The man standing opposite him glared at him coldly: "Can't you restrain your arrogant nature for a moment? Don't say that I didn't warn you, if there's any mishap, you'll bear the consequences yourself."

  "Hmph!" The man proudly raised his chin and ignored everyone, pacing back and forth in the courtyard.

  Suppressing the urge to beat him up, Yan Mo withdrew his gaze and cautiously scanned the surroundings.

  A certain man who was walking back and forth intentionally stomped his feet, as if afraid others wouldn't know he had arrived. Yan Mo Yu furrowed his brow, just about to speak up, when suddenly his ears perked up, and he quickly walked over to where the man had just stomped, crouched down, stretched out his hand and knocked on the ground.

  Seeing this, Xia Lixun also stopped walking and squatted down beside him, imitating his movements to tap around on the ground with his feet.

  Even if he was foolish, he could still tell that there were several unusual sounds.

  This discovery caused the contempt in his eyes to gradually subside, turning instead into a profound and mysterious darkness.

  "These rooms are all uninhabited, the mystery must be here." Yan Mo pointed to two of them. Ran Er said that there was a mechanism inside the door, and the passage leading to the underground secret room should have another entrance.

  Xia Li Xuan narrowed his eyes, seemingly somewhat disbelieving: "You're saying that Empress Chu is being hidden down here?"

  Yan Mo nodded slightly.

  Xia Lixun suddenly became somewhat angry: "No wonder the king sent people to patrol everywhere and couldn't find anything, it turned out..." He paused, gritted his teeth and glared at him, "You deliberately did this! Earlier when the king came to your mansion to ask you to explain the truth, you clearly knew but concealed it without saying a word, causing the king to be unable to conclude the case until now and being scolded by the emperor for being useless!"

  He even got a whole body covered in the child's feces and urine on his way back, and he almost got skinned by the tigress at home after taking a bath!

  He raised an eyebrow and looked at him with a "I'm happy I'm willing" expression.

  "You wait for me, I'll deal with that scoundrel first and then come back to kill you!" A man with a dark face gritted his teeth and viciously vented his anger.

  Yan Mo stood up and didn't plan on talking to him at all from the very beginning.

  The two of them continued to observe around and still did not find any mechanism or anything like that.

  "It seems we've come for nothing this time." Hui Mo Yu suddenly said in a low voice as he withdrew his gaze.

  Xia Lixun was clearly unwilling: "How could it be in vain? There must be an unspeakable secret down here, and now the king will definitely find the mechanism before leaving." He wanted to see where that scoundrel had hidden the person!

  Upon hearing this, Yan Mo gave a cold glance: "Two days ago, Blood Shadow and the others came to this place, but now we don't know if they are still here. Instead of waiting here to die, why not go back and get people to dig up this place? Wouldn't that be faster and more secure?"

  They cannot stay outside for long, if that person finds out they have left the palace, he will be even more vigilant.

  Xia Li Xun gritted his teeth and stopped searching anymore.

  How detestable! People haven't even died yet, and they actually like living underground. In that case, why not have him send someone over to bury this civilian residence? That way, they can live underground for the rest of their lives!

  ……

  Changping Hall, side hall

  Xue Ying slept for two days before gradually waking up. During these two days, Yin Du had been keeping watch by her bedside all night and day, hardly sleeping a wink.

  "You..." The moment Xue Ying opened her eyes, she was taken aback. Even though she was as calm as water, at this moment seeing the man in front of her with a face full of stubble and bloodshot eyes, she couldn't help but blink in surprise.

  "Are you awake?" Ignoring her momentary daze, Yin Du touched her face, his face full of excitement. "Are you hungry? I'll get some food for you right away. You've been sleeping for two days and haven't eaten a thing. I was worried that if you slept any longer, you'd starve to death."

  His hand, which was covering the bloodstained cheek, trembled slightly, and his voice was also tinged with a hint of hoarseness. The whole person looked somewhat disheveled. Blood Shadow stared at him expressionlessly, as if he had even forgotten to blink, staring unblinkingly at the man who was very different from his usual self.

  "Blood Shadow?" Yin Du's excitement froze on his face, and he suddenly tensed up and shouted. This was just poisoning, but after all, it was on the buttocks, not on the brain, could the brain be poisoned too?

  "Hmm." Xue Ying responded with a single sound, suddenly lifting his hand to grab the hand that was covering his face, still staring straight at him.

  Her slender and soft hand grasped him, and a hint of surprise flashed in Yin Du's eyes. But the woman's face still didn't show much emotion, he still couldn't see through what she was thinking, so he could only suppress this surprise, worriedly asking: "Does the wound still hurt?"

  During the period when his wife was injured, Princess Pongdeok sent over some good medicine to heal wounds, and even Beauty Jang secretly entrusted someone to send them some of her treasured medicines.

  She has been sleeping for two days. He observes her every day, and each time he changes the dressing to see the wound gradually healing, his mood relaxes a little.

  "It doesn't hurt." Xue Ying shook his head.

  "Then I'll go get you something to eat, you sleep for a while first, and I'll call you later." Although reluctant, he still pulled his hand out of hers.

  Just then, Xue Ying was one step ahead and grabbed his wrist.

  "What's wrong?" Yin Du felt a bit tense, feeling that something was off about her after waking up. But he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

  She's still the same, as cold as ice. But none of that matters, as long as she's okay...

  The Blood Shadow didn't make a sound, but suddenly raised his hand and touched the stubble on his chin. Just as Yin Du was wondering what she wanted to do, he heard a faint voice from her mouth...

  "A bit ugly."

  "...?!" Upon hearing this, Yin Du suddenly opened his mouth, looking at her pale face as if he didn't dare to believe it. Her face still had the same icy cold feeling as usual, but at that moment, he suddenly felt his heart being warmed by her.

  It's rare for her to take the initiative to talk to him, almost every time he speaks first and she responds. She would never proactively talk to him like this, let alone discuss topics related to 'beauty and ugliness'.

  Is there anything more shocking and exciting than this moment?

  He came back to his senses and almost without thinking, he took that cold face in his hands and kissed it.

  Digression

  Things are heading towards a good ending, so stop being overly cautious and let things go naturally.